Which returned more over the last year, EMGF or SCHE?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and SCHE +12.6%.

Which is cheaper, EMGF or SCHE?

SCHE is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EMGF and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMGF and 0% of SCHE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EMGF vs SCHE: Differences, Returns & Fees

EMGF and SCHE hold 42% of their weight in the same names, and EMGF returned +28.0% over the year. Net assets: $1.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF, and $12.7bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

SCHE costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.4 points; SCHE is 12.8 times larger.

	EMGF	SCHE
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$724m	$9.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+28.0%	+12.6%
What it tracks	STOXX Emerging Markets Equity Factor Index	FTSE Emerging Index
Holdings in common	42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	31.8%	30.3%
Below its high	6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+28.0%

EMGF total return, 1 year

+12.6%

SCHE total return, 1 year

0.26%

EMGF expense ratio

0.06%

SCHE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EMGF and SCHE hold 42% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EMGF SCHE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 10.55% 17.05%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.50% 3.15%

MEDIATEK 1.82% 1.88%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.81% 2.57%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.02% 1.40%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.77% 1.04%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING 0.71% 0.59%

ICICI BANK 0.56% 0.65%

PDD HOLDINGS ADS 0.51% 0.60%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 0.49% 0.88%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.48% 0.44%

NETEASE 0.44% 0.42%

Only in EMGF

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.64%

SK HYNIX 4.87%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.06%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.77%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.68%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.65%

SK SQUARE 0.58%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 0.51%

Only in SCHE

China Construction Bank Corp 0.88%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 0.63%

Vale SA 0.55%

United Microelectronics Corp 0.50%

Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 0.46%

Bank of China Ltd 0.42%

Naspers Ltd 0.37%

Baidu Inc 0.33%

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On the same fields

EMGF

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Schwab

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +28.0% +12.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +10.7 pts −4.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 717 2178

Net assets, EMGF as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026 $1.9bn $12.7bn

EMGF and SCHE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

EMGF in plain words

EMGF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 717 positions, with the top ten at 31.8%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EMGF or SCHE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EMGF returned +28.0% and SCHE +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, EMGF or SCHE?: SCHE is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EMGF and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of EMGF and 0% of SCHE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EMGF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMGF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EMGF ↗SCHE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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